About Our School

Plainview Intermediate Elementary School welcomes you to our web
site. We are very pleased to share information about our school with
you. We feel that we have so much to offer each student. We strive to
make each student feel special and we treat each one as the unique
individual that they are. We presently serve about 300 students at the
intermediate level. Our intermediate grades include third, fourth, and
fifth grades. We have five classroom teachers at each grade level;
therefore, we have a low teacher-to-student ratio.

We offer art, music, physical education, and guidance classes to all of
our students. We have our very own guidance counselor. She teaches the
guidance classes weekly to each class. She also does individual and
group counseling.

We have a state-of-the-art computer lab. Each classroom visits the lab
at least one time each week. We have several computer programs for them
to work with weekly. Each teacher has several computers in their
classroom for the students to work on as well. They have internet access
in every classroom.

We have embraced the Great Expectations Program. We follow their six tenets of teaching.

All Children Can Learn

Teacher Positive Attitude

Self Esteem

High Expectations for All

Developing a Climate of Mutual Respect

Teacher Knowledge and Skill

There are seventeen teaching practices that correlate with high
student achievement that are demonstrated in the classrooms. Life
Principals and Character Education are heavily incorporated into the
comprehensive program aimed at combining learning methodologies and
philosophies with high standards of curriculum focusing on the whole
child.

Plainview Intermediate teachers are always looking for volunteers to
help in the classrooms. We encourage our parents to become very active
in their child’s educational process.

We also have a wonderful parent organization called Parents in Action or
PIA. If you would like to be more involved in your child’s school, we
encourage you to become a member of PIA. The PIA is very active with
fund raising and helping volunteers find a place to “fit in” and provide
help. The PIA normally has meetings monthly to discuss upcoming events.
Remember this is a team effort and we need willing players on the team
pulling together. Please come and join our team.

We encourage parents to become very involved in their child’s reading.
We have Accelerated Reader in our school. We give the Star Test to
access each student’s reading level. This helps us to know at what level
each student needs to be reading. We help the students check out books
that they are interested in as well as on their reading level. This
helps the students to become better readers. Each grade level requires
points according to their grade. Reading is the real key to all
success!

We encourage you to come by to visit our school site. We would love to meet you.